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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous wrote:
I work in biglaw and I think it is a generational thing...sort of. With the older (male) partners, most of their wives stay at home. With the associates, almost all of their spouses work. With the young partners, the number of spouses working outside home start to tapper off. This could be a result of one of two things. Either the work demand becomes too much and they have kids so one spouse stops working outside the home to pick up the slack OR only partners with stay at home spouses can make partner and be successful. I think it is a combination of both.

[b]I think for many people it takes a full family commitment to be a super successful partner.
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I think there is some truth to this statement. Not that it can't be done with a spouse who is also in a demanding job (one of DH's partners has a husband who is also a partner in biglaw and three small children), but more of the people who make partner have spouses who are picking up the slack/doing a disproportionate share of home responsibilities.[/quote]

Agree.  Wife of a senior partner.  There is no way that we could have a successful home life and our children have any time of normalcy if I worked outside of the home.  
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